The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-18
GENERAL NEWS,

BUSINESS hir.
CLEAR and hot.
RIvER falling slowly.
No BOAT advertised TO leave today
| THE plank walks should be repaired
| A GOOD heavy rain is badly needed
sr. Francis river continues to rise
sbWs.
The Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers are fAhins.
TEE Arssnfas river continues to
rise al Fort Smith.
| THERE Is now good steamboat water
in the lower Ohio.
THE repairs to the shaft Of the Joe
rsterssIe progressing.
The new Mary Houston is the next
20" Line steamer due up.
The Granite State leaves Cincinnati
this evening for this point.
The City of Baton Rouge leaves st.
Lonis today fer New Orleans.
THE new iron stages are being placed
in position on tho wharTboat.
The towboat X. A Speed will prob
ably Rave today for ST. Louis.
DuRTNG the "a hours ending at noon
yesterday the river hero ropo inches.
The Oily Of 81. Louis should pass
here this morning on her way 10 st. Leuis.
THE Kate Adams will arrive tonight
end she Is tho regular packet leaving Mon
dhy evening for Arkansas City.
Mrs BRLLE BRoLAsKI, daughter of
CAPT. Harry Brolaski, of tho Arkansas City.
Is making the round trip on tn Il steamer.
lHE Jsmes Lee, from Friars Point,
brought bales Of cotton and ~ sacks cotton
trip. "''' " '"''
TIE Deuoto left last night for Cincin.
nal with S3l ear wheel, 80 bales rags, 10 tons
scrap IRON, big bot OF sundrios and about Is
passengers.
CAPT. ED NowLAND was in Woke.
burg day or two aes negotiating with par
Cobb for another beat,
THE Anchor line steamers leaving
here sunday ara the City Of ViskaburE, for
yioks6urg at 10 Nm, and Abe City of Proyi.
deneo Tor st. Louis at pm.
IHK Rene Macready, from OVceols,
had ~ baskets Apd 50 boxes peaches, Q sacks
potatoes Hnd "a barrel meal. She returned
trip. '
The sternwheel steamer Ella arrived
yesterday ftsn Arkansas river, and she
saves hero this morning Ter PaducAh, where
she wiz endepgo repairs, Tho Hla runs be-
tween Little Rock aAd Fort sm tn,
SBHoIAL United States Treasury
Ascent Ba.eheller from Washington City is
en- route down the Ohio river on an inspec-
Won tour He takes in at crafts and sees
that they are equipped according 70 law.
sRvRRAL parties are negotiating for
The purchase oil the sternwheel steamer II, l..
Cobb now running In tho Memphis and Ar
Kansas river trads. A party viii be here in
DAY or two from Louisville TO inspect her.
THR Arkansas City, from ST. Louis,
passed TO VickeburE yesterday morning WITH
GOOD "trip. She put Ell hero 10 barrels Of
head OF hess and 5iT Pack asSs Of sandrioS.
The Belle Of Memphis passed 70
here about a tons Of freight, insiuding 200
bundle! Of box material, tthe msuth OF
the ~. ffancis Hver she TOOK en- 80 900 feet Of
ash humber.
CAPT SHERMAN A. PARrsoT, of
VishsburE.. pnssod through the city on his
way to k IGIi,Eiils. he y in ss,r.h Of bo4t
ne d,os not succeed in buying q boat he will
build one.
THE towboat Jim Wood came down
from Cairo Is far as Island IS, where she
not tho y. L.. Weed and barRos and took
part Of tho lattor's tow In order that she
might hurry to tho Ohio river after another
tow OF esal.
The towboat Robert II. Oxley ar
rived from White river, whore she had been
engaged in the stave towing business. She
took ON coal Yesterday and will leave this
morning for the Ohio river. She IL In charge
efCapt. Hiram U. BraEee, late losal hull in
spsotor for this district. Hugh Nixon pilot
cd the 0xley frsm White River to this point.
THE Herald, Quincy, H.: A gentle.
man In the government service has ex-
pressed the opinion that within fcw years
the famous Anchor line wOsld have steam |
boats in eperstion from St Louis to st. Paul, |
forming enc continuous line frem the latter |
named city to New Orleans. lilo thought |
the managament Of existing Upper Missis- |
sipPi companies was not n aggressive, push |
Ing and onterprising rs II might be.
The following paragraph IL going
tho rounds: "rhe VIII $. Hays will proba-
bly, 20 10 tho bank this trip. 1t Is said she
win he cut in two and made ton feet wider
and thirty feet longer, and he ready for use
for another season. Capt. James Roes, one
Of tho owners of tho Hays, was seen yestor-
day by an APPEAL reporter and he said that
the Hays would probably 20 to the bank but
II tho was to DO lenKthoned he did not know
AM thing about 1t.